The Guardian
Friedrich Merz's CDU gets trounced in two German state elections, one by the far-right AfD and one by the far-left Die Linke, but he's staying put because someone has to keep the lights on.
BBC World
A privately rescued humpback whale, dubbed Timmy or Hope, dies near Denmark after a controversial, high-cost operation - proving that even the best-funded optimism can't outswim reality.
The Guardian Europe
A celebrity whale gets a multimillionaire-funded barge ride to freedom, despite experts saying it's probably a doomed exercise in pure animal cruelty.
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